The Northern Lights are also known as Auroral displays that appear in many colors, forms in patches or scattered clouds of shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow. The bright lights are collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere and are seen above magnets poles of the northern and southern hemisphere.
Since we are continuing to explore polar environments we read the story The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer, looked at images from around the world, placed out our star projector to showcase what the Northern Lights would look like in real life, & then invited the children to experiment with water colors to create auroral displays.
At the base of our tuff tray we placed iridescent cellophane, then mixed white Colorations Liquid WaterColors with water and poured it as the base. In our paint strip jars we placed different liquid watercolors and provided pipettes. The children were invited to squirt the liquid watercolors into the white water.
As they experimented, used their fine motor skills, explored color theory, they were able to create the most beautiful auroral displays just like the Northern Lights together!
Here are three other ways to explore the Northern Lights: Rory: An Orca's Quest For The Northern Lights STEM Light Play , Invitation to Epxlore the Northern Lights 2 Ways, and Glow & The Dark Northern Lights Painting.
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